Water-elevator



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WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,348, dated May 21, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. BIxLER, of Rogersville, in the county ofTuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Raising Vater; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which-Figure l, is a vertical section through my improved apparatus forraising water, representing it arranged at the bottom of a well. Fig.'2,is a cross' section through the apparatus in the vertical plane in.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention relates to a method of raising water and keeping the sameunder a pressure or head whereby it is forced through pipes to anyconvenient place for service where it Vcan be used at pleasure.

` The object of my invention is to apply to a common deep well or othernatural reservoir of water an apparatus, by means ot' which water can bedrawn up into a chamber of large capacity and kept under a constantpressure sutlicient to supply a building or other place through whichpipes are carried communicating with the bottom of the chamber of theapparatus in the well as will be hereinafter fully explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction.

A represents a perpendicular box which is open at the top and closed atthe bottom. This box may be made the full size of the well, and ifdesirable it may be made cylindrical and as deep as the well itself. Thebottom A of the box or chamber A has a valve a in it which opens upwardfor allowing water to enter through the hole a into the chamber A, fromwhich chamber the water is forced through orifice b, into a side chamberB. The orifice o is furnished with a valve c which opens into thechamber B and which will not allow water to escape back into chamber A.

C is a pipe which'leads from chamber B up to the top of the well and tothis pipe C, branch pipes cl and c are attached leading off to abuilding which is to be supplied with water.

D is a piston which is made solid-that is, without a valve in it; and Eis the piston rod which is of a suitable length to allow the piston D tohave a full play from the bottom to the top of chamber A. This rod Epasses up through floor'F, which guides it and keeps it in a verticalposition in .its up and down motion. A rope or chain 4g 1s attached atone end to the lower end of piston rod E and at the other end to ahorizontal shaft i which has its end bearings endV a hand crank n F ig.2.

The apparatus consisting of box A and chamber B is arranged 4at thebottom of a 'well of water and suitably secured therein, and `the devicefor elevating the piston is arranged on the floor ,or well cover l? andcovered over.V The pipe C is carried up through floor F and it may havea cock or nozzle p on or near its upper end for drawing water at thewell. The service or branch pipes may be connected with the verticalpipe C either above or below the floor.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The piston D is raised toits highest point in box A by turning crank n and winding rope or chaing upon the shaft it. This operation draws water into the box A throughvalve opening a which water is prevented from escaping through thisopening again inconsequence of its valve z opening upward. A weight isnow put upon the piston rod E which by its gravity will force the waterin chamber A through valve opening I) into chamber B and thence upthrough pipe C and through the service pipes. As the water is drawn fromthe service pipes the piston D will descend until all or nearly all thewater has been exhausted from chamber A. This weighted piston D must nowbe again elevated so as to refill chamber A and give a head or pressureon the water contained in it as before. It will be understood that thechain g, is either detached` from shaft /L or else this shaft is allowedto turn freely so that the weight put upon the IDD piston D will actwith full force until this packedat the' edge or sides which are inContact with the boX A, so that it Will Work tightly Within this box A.Where a very heavy Weight is used or Where the Water is to be forced tosome height, itwill be necessary to add large and small gear Wheels, tothose Which are represented in Figs. l and 2, in order to obtain thepower Which Will be required to raise the increased Weight Which must beput upon the piston.

-It Will now be seen from the foregoing description of my improved Waterraising apparatus that such an apparatus will be found very convenientfor persons residing in the country Who cannot obtain a natural head ofWater, and Who desire to have their buildings supplied constantly WithWater forcedV artificially through pipes from a common reservoir.

Having thus described my inventiomvvhat I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

The combination of box A, chamber B, and valves a, and c, pipe C, Withthe Weighted piston D, rod E, rope or chain g, shaft 7L' gear Wheels z'and 7c and crank shaft m all arranged in the manner, and operating asaWhole for the purposes herein described and shown.

C. BIXLER.

Witnesses A. BATES, HENRY SCHWEITZER.

